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Not that I didn't know already...

post #1 of 5
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...but our birth system is so messed up! I'm watching "Born on a Bad Day" on TLC. A mom is scheduled for her second or third c-section at 39 weeks, but goes into labor early. She is admitted to the hospital for monitoring, but they don't do anything since she's not dilating. A monstrous storm and tornadoes went through her town. While the power is out, she dilates to ten, her water breaks and the baby crowns. Obviously, the common sense thing to do is have the doctor drive through a tornado with winds of 150 miles an hour and perform a c-section in the DARK with no power and just a few flash lights, right?

Really...I'm no statistician, but I would imagine that the risks of a VBA2C (especially once the mom is at the pushing stage) aren't nearly as high as performing surgery with no power in the middle of a catastrophic storm.
post #2 of 5
I'm likng TLC less and less these days!
post #3 of 5
sad.
post #4 of 5
Um.........um..........I am really not wrapping my head around this one.
post #5 of 5
Oh yikes.
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